How can the principle of overload be applied to sports?

Answer 1

Doing too much training. People can do too much training and wear themselves out or do injuries to themselves. They may do too much of of one kind of training and not enough of another, which means they are not properly prepared. It can also have an imbalance in the expected results if they are not doing other things that sports people need to do, like having a healthy diet. Training is important, but it needs to be done with guidance and a plan and people need to know their limitations and what else they need to do to be in good shape for their sport.

Answer

Overtraining could be too many reps of a certain exercise and/or not enough time between sessions for the muscles to heal. Crosstraining and days off are important to building muscles and skills without injury.

Answer 2

Overload fitness is when you work harder than regular fitness. For instance they exercise 2 hours a day but Monday they exercised 6 hours.